Regulating Platforms & Speech in an Age of Fake News | Ravi K. Mehrotra Institute for Business, Markets & Society

Misinformation has been a problem for all of human history, but is particularly challenging to control on today’s social media platforms. Under the current US Section 230 regulation, internet companies are not held responsible for the content shared on their platforms. Other countries have taken different approaches to regulation. With a shared goal to maintain free speech, this panel will explore how the advertisement funding model of internet platforms affects social media content and discuss potential market solutions to reduce misinformation.

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